Cisco IOS Contracts in England

Cisco IOS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Cisco IOS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Cisco IOS over the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 411 480 544
Rank change year-on-year +69 +64 +113
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 85 73 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.33% 0.20% 0.19%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 2.61% 1.52% 1.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 53 68
10th Percentile £393 £170 £190
25th Percentile £475 £240 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £416 £420
Median % change year-on-year +32.10% -0.87% -6.67%
75th Percentile £613 £525 £513
90th Percentile £643 £575 £629
UK median daily rate £515 £406 £415
% change year-on-year +26.79% -2.13% -12.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 1 2
10th Percentile - - £29.05
25th Percentile £29.00 - £35.88
Median hourly rate £30.00 £65.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -53.85% +36.84% +3.26%
75th Percentile £39.38 - £58.88
90th Percentile £43.25 - £65.55
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -53.85% +8.33% +19.52%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Cisco IOS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,259 4,798 6,009
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 12.77% 12.92% 12.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,010 2,855 3,898
10th Percentile £235 £213 £240
25th Percentile £363 £360 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% -2.44% +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £608 £638
90th Percentile £675 £688 £738
UK median daily rate £480 £500 £506
% change year-on-year -4.00% -1.19% +1.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 145 396 393
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.87 £9.80
25th Percentile £16.30 £17.69 £10.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £46.69 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year -19.68% +125.50% -17.18%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £62.55
90th Percentile £81.35 £74.00 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £45.00 £21.11
% change year-on-year -5.56% +113.17% -25.93%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Cisco IOS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Cisco IOS in England.

Daily rate trend for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in England over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Cisco IOS in England.

Hourly rate trend for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Cisco IOS in England over the 6 months to 30 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the England region over the 6 months to 30 June 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +53 24 £575 +17.95% 24
London +44 23 £490 +90.29% 61
East of England - 16 £520 - 3
South West +49 12 £538 +497.22% 11
Midlands +17 7 £550 +10.00% 12
West Midlands +13 7 £550 +10.00% 9
North West +3 3 £375 -13.29% 12
North of England -2 3 £375 -13.29% 19
Cisco IOS
UK

Cisco IOS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 22 (25.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 21 (24.71%) IBM Domino
3 2 (2.35%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.18%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 17 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.53%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 23 (27.06%) Microsoft 365
2 13 (15.29%) Azure
3 11 (12.94%) AWS
4 2 (2.35%) OneDrive
4 2 (2.35%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 1 (1.18%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 1 (1.18%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 60 (70.59%) Firewall
2 37 (43.53%) BGP
3 33 (38.82%) OSPF
4 27 (31.76%) LAN
5 22 (25.88%) DNS
6 21 (24.71%) WAN
7 18 (21.18%) DHCP
8 17 (20.00%) Network Security
9 15 (17.65%) EIGRP
9 15 (17.65%) Spanning Tree
9 15 (17.65%) Wireless
10 14 (16.47%) Cisco Nexus
10 14 (16.47%) WLAN
11 12 (14.12%) PuTTY
12 11 (12.94%) RIP
13 10 (11.76%) Cisco Firepower
13 10 (11.76%) Junos
13 10 (11.76%) MPLS
13 10 (11.76%) NX-OS
13 10 (11.76%) VXLAN
Development Applications
1 3 (3.53%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 21 (24.71%) Games
2 15 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 13 (15.29%) Manufacturing
4 12 (14.12%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (5.88%) Finance
6 4 (4.71%) Telecoms
7 3 (3.53%) Banking
7 3 (3.53%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.35%) Advertising
8 2 (2.35%) Military
9 1 (1.18%) Dutch Language
9 1 (1.18%) Electronics
9 1 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.18%) Legal
9 1 (1.18%) Marketing
9 1 (1.18%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.18%) Retail
9 1 (1.18%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 49 (57.65%) Network Engineer
2 21 (24.71%) Platform Engineer
3 13 (15.29%) Analyst
4 9 (10.59%) Cisco Engineer
4 9 (10.59%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 8 (9.41%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 7 (8.24%) Network Analyst
7 6 (7.06%) Deployment Engineer
7 6 (7.06%) Network Deployment Engineer
8 5 (5.88%) Implementation Engineer
8 5 (5.88%) Network Security Engineer
8 5 (5.88%) Network Support
8 5 (5.88%) Network Support Analyst
8 5 (5.88%) Network Support Engineer
8 5 (5.88%) Security Engineer
8 5 (5.88%) Support Analyst
8 5 (5.88%) Support Engineer
9 3 (3.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 3 (3.53%) Network Designer
9 3 (3.53%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (17.65%) 802.1X
2 5 (5.88%) Spine.js
3 1 (1.18%) JSON
3 1 (1.18%) XML
3 1 (1.18%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 8 (9.41%) Data Centre
2 7 (8.24%) Virtual Team
3 3 (3.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 2 (2.35%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.18%) CMDB
5 1 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.18%) iPhone
5 1 (1.18%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 23 (27.06%) Android
1 23 (27.06%) Windows
2 21 (24.71%) Mac OS
3 5 (5.88%) CatOS
3 5 (5.88%) Linux
4 4 (4.71%) Unix
5 1 (1.18%) Mac OS X
5 1 (1.18%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (24.71%) E-Commerce
2 16 (18.82%) Service Management
3 14 (16.47%) Network Monitoring
4 13 (15.29%) Change Management
4 13 (15.29%) Load Balancing
5 12 (14.12%) Computer Science
6 11 (12.94%) Matrix Organization
7 10 (11.76%) Process Improvement
8 9 (10.59%) Validation
9 8 (9.41%) Customer Requirements
9 8 (9.41%) Project Management
10 7 (8.24%) Agile
10 7 (8.24%) ITIL
10 7 (8.24%) Network Architecture
10 7 (8.24%) Network Virtualisation
10 7 (8.24%) Preventative Maintenance
11 6 (7.06%) Problem-Solving
12 5 (5.88%) Incident Management
12 5 (5.88%) System Testing
13 4 (4.71%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 24 (28.24%) PowerShell
2 16 (18.82%) Python
3 8 (9.41%) VB
4 3 (3.53%) Perl
Qualifications
1 45 (52.94%) Cisco Certification
2 33 (38.82%) CCNP
3 25 (29.41%) CCNA
4 17 (20.00%) Security Cleared
5 16 (18.82%) Degree
6 12 (14.12%) Computer Science Degree
7 11 (12.94%) DV Cleared
8 9 (10.59%) SC Cleared
9 6 (7.06%) CCIE
10 5 (5.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (4.71%) CCSE
12 1 (1.18%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.06%) SLA
System Software
1 23 (27.06%) Active Directory
2 7 (8.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.35%) Firmware
4 1 (1.18%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (27.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 22 (25.88%) SCCM
3 15 (17.65%) Ansible
4 8 (9.41%) FortiGate
4 8 (9.41%) Terraform
5 5 (5.88%) vCenter Server
6 3 (3.53%) ZABBIX
7 1 (1.18%) CA Spectrum
7 1 (1.18%) Cisco LMS
7 1 (1.18%) Cisco Prime
7 1 (1.18%) Nagios
7 1 (1.18%) Netcool
Vendors
1 85 (100.00%) Cisco
2 36 (42.35%) Microsoft
3 27 (31.76%) Meraki
4 24 (28.24%) Splunk
5 13 (15.29%) F5
6 12 (14.12%) Juniper
7 9 (10.59%) Citrix
7 9 (10.59%) VMware
8 7 (8.24%) Peregrine
8 7 (8.24%) Remedy
9 6 (7.06%) ServiceNow
9 6 (7.06%) SolarWinds
10 5 (5.88%) Arista
10 5 (5.88%) CheckPoint
11 4 (4.71%) McAfee
12 3 (3.53%) Fortinet
12 3 (3.53%) Nokia
12 3 (3.53%) Palo Alto
13 2 (2.35%) Apple
14 1 (1.18%) Bloomberg